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1908: The Year American Motorsport Changed Forever
This episode of The Logbook, our History of Motorsports series, captures a presentation by Don Capps, a seasoned historian and past president of the Society of Automotive Historians, explores significant changes in American motorsport in 1908. Capps discusses how road racing became prominent in the United States, the schism between the Automobile Club of America (ACA) and the American Automobile Association (AAA), and the advent of season reviews. He explains how these events marked 1908 as a crucial year in motorsport history. Through anecdotes and extensive research, including access to…
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